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    Two divers struck, killed - Isla Mujeres, Mexico

    Americans killed by ANOTHER boat's propellers while diving in Cancun
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    PADI Mermaid Program - WTH??!!

    I definitely want to be a Master Chief Mermaid Instructor. Hopefully I have what it takes.
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    Diving with alligators

    I'm sure Jim Fowler would be all over this alligator diving stuff
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    Conception Indictments

    Whoever signed off on the inspections ...
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    We lost a good one sadley

    Sorry for your loss.
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    Using a DPV to flee the police

    Steve McQueen model DPV would have gotten him far enough away to evade the law.
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    How to figure out how much to tip.

    If the DM is keeping some of the other divers out of trouble on a group dive, that's a plus for me even though the DM may not be helping me personally. If my LP hose snaps off will I get help? Yes? Well then the DM gets credit for being ready, willing, and able even though nothing like that...
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    Swimming Laps to improve SAC rate

    Every muscle fiber in your body that fires consumes fuel and O2. Produces CO2 and lactic acid. So relax, don’t use any muscle fibers other than the ones you absolutely need for whatever task you are doing. Be like my golden retriever Scout. Worlds laziest dog. Most of his life he’s horizontal...
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    NTSB CONCEPTION HEARING - THIS TUESDAY @ 10AM

    I would feel safer on Wookie's boat than on another random boat that had passed Coast Guard inspections. That is the root of my previous comment.
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    NTSB CONCEPTION HEARING - THIS TUESDAY @ 10AM

    Maybe a board of experienced boat captains would be useful as an official input to dive boat safety. Come up with a detailed list of standards, and have the authority to certify a boat as being in compliance. Kind of like a university program being accredited.
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    NTSB CONCEPTION HEARING - THIS TUESDAY @ 10AM

    In much of the US, interconnected smoke alarms are required in new residential construction. I would imagine there is pressure from insurance companies and fire departments to make interconnected alarms required in residences everywhere. I would think insurance companies that work with dive...
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    NTSB CONCEPTION HEARING - THIS TUESDAY @ 10AM

    I stayed for a while in something like a dorm, there was a night watch that would make the rounds continually every night. There were QR barcodes pasted at all the checkpoints throughout every floor. The night watch scanned the QR codes with an iPad mini as they made their rounds. They were...
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    Wing lift requirements .. Help..

    If you dive from your own boat and dive often, you could experiment. Sling up 5-8lbs and try a partial ascent with the extra weight and see how it goes. It might give you an idea how much extra lift you have right now with a 22lb wing. Gotta be careful with an uncontrolled ascent if the...
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    Backup mask fogging solutions

    If it's the backup, I just let a little water in the mask, it swishes around and keeps it clear.
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    NTSB CONCEPTION HEARING - THIS TUESDAY @ 10AM

    I'm sure at some time before the night of the fire, there was a conversation that included the owner of the boat and the captain regarding a night watch. As a fly on the wall I would like to have heard that one.
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    Bauer Junior II eating belts like crazy

    From the manual page 30: Improper v-belt tension and adjustment of the pulleys will result in extreme v-belt abrasion and premature wear. Looks like you need to tension + align, then recheck tension...
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    Music listening underwater.

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    Searching and Running a Line?

    I've tried a circle type search, that was way too difficult for me. I ended up laying out x feet of line, with rocks tied to the ends. Say the line is north-south. Start at the north end, search south. Move the south end x feet east, search back northish. Move the north end x feet east...
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    Reverse dive profile advice

    This is correct. Tables != computers.
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    Scuba as a survival tool in Australian bush fire

    Improvise. adapt, overcome. Awesome job, Miss Dive in Your Pool with SCUBA to Survive a Brushfire, this Foster's for You!
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